Pfister

English

Etymology

South German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Pfister (“baker”).

Proper noun

Pfister (plural Pfisters)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pfister is the 6283^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5441 individuals. Pfister is most common among White (95.07%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pfister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• prefits, fitreps, presift

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Pfischter

Etymology

From Latin pistor (“miller, baker”).

Noun

Pfister m

1. (Uri, obsolete) baker

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 48.